Good morning! New member here, and I don't yet own any machining equipment. Wasn't sure where to post, but this seemed like a good place. I apologize if there is somewhere better.
I'm looking for a mill and lathe for home/hobby use. I'm involved in motorsports, and my kids and I race go karts, micro sprints, full size sprint cars, and build duck boat engines. I want to start to start doing my own engine machine work, and learn to use a mill and lathe to help with some of my other needs and hobbies.
In the next few weeks I'd like to purchase a mill and lathe. I've been looking for weeks, but it's hard to just pick something and go with it. I don't want to make the wrong purchase and need to sell and replace in a few years. My main goal is to work with small engines for motorcycles, gokarts, and mudmotors (air cooled lawn mower engines). I'd like to keep my budget on the equipment at $4,000 or less. If this means waiting a few months longer to get DROs I'm OK with that.
Are the combo mills/lathes any good, or am I better off getting two separate machines? I'm not sure what questions to ask, but I'm hoping you guys can point me in the right direction. I've never worked with the machines, but have watched more than my share of heads/blocks being decked and resurfaced.
Thank you very much!
I'm looking for a mill and lathe for home/hobby use. I'm involved in motorsports, and my kids and I race go karts, micro sprints, full size sprint cars, and build duck boat engines. I want to start to start doing my own engine machine work, and learn to use a mill and lathe to help with some of my other needs and hobbies.
In the next few weeks I'd like to purchase a mill and lathe. I've been looking for weeks, but it's hard to just pick something and go with it. I don't want to make the wrong purchase and need to sell and replace in a few years. My main goal is to work with small engines for motorcycles, gokarts, and mudmotors (air cooled lawn mower engines). I'd like to keep my budget on the equipment at $4,000 or less. If this means waiting a few months longer to get DROs I'm OK with that.
Are the combo mills/lathes any good, or am I better off getting two separate machines? I'm not sure what questions to ask, but I'm hoping you guys can point me in the right direction. I've never worked with the machines, but have watched more than my share of heads/blocks being decked and resurfaced.
Thank you very much!